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Orange Silicon Valley Bistrocast: Will Barkis on the state of Smart Cities

Orange Silicon Valley’s podcast is back with a new episode focused on the state of Smart Cities technology. Will Barkis, who leads OSV’s Smart Cities program and works on projects related to public policy and B2B data-sharing, sat down with the Bistrocast to discuss the pilot projects that some cities are already working on, as well as where new opportunities exist to leverage technology and help cities to better serve their residents.

Will comes from a science and policy background that includes neuroscience research at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as time spent at the National Science Foundation and Mozilla. His journey has since taken him here to OSV and work with the mayor’s office in San Francisco, which has helped to inform his perspective on connective tech in urban environments. You can hear Will’s insights, along with information about the upcoming research and policy event that he’s bringing to OSV on Sept. 13, with the embedded player below.

You can also find the Bistrocast on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify to subscribe and hear new episodes as we release them.

Special thanks to Alice Brisset for production assistance, as well as Carolyn Ma and Alice Koo for designing the podcast’s logo.

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Editor’s note: You can now find the Bistrocast on iTunes to subscribe and hear new episodes as we release them. Orange Silicon Valley launched an all-new podcast series in August, offering a platform for getting to know more about OSV analysts and their work with connective technologies. The Bistrocast will explore a variety of topics that

The first episode of the Orange Silicon Valley Bistrocast features a one-on-one talk with Mike Vladimer, the co-founder of Orange Silicon Valley’s IoT Studio. In this debut episode, Mike explains how he came from working on technology for missiles to an arena that enables connectivity for dog collars, bikes, and enterprise offices. He discusses what people commonly misunderstand about IoT and what he sees successful IoT products doing correctly.

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